Anchorage for wire fencing.



No; 805,764. PATENTED NOV. 28, 1905. J. H. WHEELOGK & G. M. WRIGHT.

ANCHORAGE FOR WIRE FENCING.

APPLICATION FILED .TAN.19, 190s.

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JOHN H. WHEELOOK AND GEORGE M. WRIGHT, OF W OROESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

ANCHORAGE FOR WIRE FENCING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1905.

Application filed January 19, 1905. Serial No. 241,738.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN H. WVHEnLocK and GEORGE M. WRIGHT, citizens of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Anchorage for Wire Fencing, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of wire fencing which consists of vertical wires and cross-wires connected together by sheet-metal joint-clips.

The especial object of this invention is to provide a strong, simple, and adjustable means for fastening wire fencing to posts or other supports.

To these ends this invention consists of the anchorages for wire fencing and of the combinations of parts therewith, as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a fence-post and of sufficient part of a wire fence to illustrate the application of this invention thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of one of the fastening-fixtures. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the same applied to one of the sheet-metal joint-clips. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a joint, showing the end of a horizontal wire bent back to form a hook; and Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the position of the ends of the fastening-fixture before the same are bent down.

In that class of Wire fencing to which this invention relates one of the best and most practical forms of construction is made by use of special sheet-metal joint-clips connecting vertical Wires to cross-wires.

In the particular form of sheet-metal clip illustrated the clip is provided with top and bottom ears having perforations which receive one of the vertical Wires. The body portion of the clip has a groove receiving a horizontal wire. hen this form of clip is fastened in place by being more or less flattened or opened out, the two fence-Wires will be more or less shaped to form interlocking bends. In the special construction which we have devised for fastening a wire fence of this character to one of its posts or supports we make use of a special hook-piece, which receives one of the sheet-metal joint-clips.

Referring to the drawings and in detail, the

wire fence herein illustrated comprises the vertical fence-wires 10 and the horizontal cross-Wires 11. The vertical Wires are preferably connected at their upper ends by loops, so that two of the vertical wires form a wicket. Fastening the vertical and cross wires together are the sheet-metal clips 12. Each of these clips, as shown in Fig. at, is provided with perforations 13, through which one of the vertical wires is threaded, while the body portion of the clip is grooved to receive one of the horizontal wires 11, and at each end clip of a section of fencing the horizontal wire 11 is bent or turned back upon itself to form a hook or tu rned-over end 15.

The anchorages for fastening the end clips to a fence-post P each consists of a malleable casting 16, having ears 17 and a barrel or hub 18. Fitting loosely to the barrel or hub 18 is a screw 19, which is held in place by a head 20. The end of the screw extends through the post, as shown, and is drawn back through the post by means of a nut 21.

By making the body portion of the hook 16 of malleable iron the hooked fingers 17 may be cast in the form shown in Fig. 5, and after the sheet-metal clip is fitted into place by turning over the fingers 17 the clips may be more or less firmly locked or fastened in place and the body portion 16 will inclose the bent-back end 15 of a cross-Wire, so that it will not only protect the loose end of the wire, but will also prevent the hook 123 of the wire from straightening out under the heavy tension required for stretching the fence as desired.

We are aware that changes may be made in applying our construction to wire fencing.

We do not wish, therefore, to be limited to back to form a hook, a hook-piece receiving the joint-clip, and means for connecting the hook-piece to a post or other support.

3. In a wire fence, the combination of a vertical wire, a cross-Wire, a sheet-metal jointclip having two perforations through which the vertical Wire is threaded, while the crosswire is bent backor hooked at its ends, a hook-piece receiving the joint-clip and having hooked ends engaging the joint-clip at opposite sides of the cross-wire, a screw extending from the hook-piece, and a nut for tightening the hook-piece in place with reference to a post or support.

4. In a wire fence, the combination of aver tical wire, a cross-wire, a sheet-metal jointclip having two perforations through which the vertical wire is threaded, while the cross- J. H. WHEELOGK. GEORGE M. WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

PHILIP W. SOU'lI-IGATE, E. M. ALLEN. 

